Trading down - ( -% ) at . Chart is showing some near term rallying power. However, this market remains in the confines of a longer-term Downtrend with tight money management stops.

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Trading down - ( -% ) at . Chart is showing some near term rallying power. However, this market remains in the confines of a longer-term Downtrend with tight money management stops.

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One factor missing is commission:tick value. This is huge when scalping small targets. The higher the tick value relative to the commissions, the more bang for your buck. If coupled with lower volatility and high liquidity, you have a great instrument for scalping. Personally the clear winner for me is ZB. I only need to make one tick out of 66 trades to cover commissions.

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Your broker decides on the day trading margin. In fact, some futures brokers do not offer day trading margins and need you to post the full overnight margin regardless of your holding period.

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Consider your time constraints. Are you available to trade the market when it is active? If not, you should consider trading futures that are active in a different time zone. Futures on the Hong Kong 8767 s HSI and Korea 8767 s KOSPI are great alternatives.

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Day trading margin is the sum of money you need to post as a deposit before you can open a futures contract position for day trading. Day trading margins are lower than overnight margins, giving day traders more bang for the buck. However, it applies only if you close the position before the end of each session.

Trading up + ( +% ) at . Chart confirms that a short term counter trend move is underway. When this action is over look for the longer term positive trend to resume. Uptrend with money management stops.

(Wilder 8767 s Average True Range is also a common measure of volatility. However, it compensates for price gaps, which are not prominent in day trading time-frames. Hence, we are sticking with it simpler cousin.)

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Hence, in our quest to find the best futures for day trading, we have picked the top 65 futures contracts by trading volume listed on the exchanges under the CME Group.